Army veterans forge 'life-changing' new careers as movie extras

10th January 2019
By Michael Atkin - ABC News

Shaun Barry's company Extra Specialists helps find veterans work on the screen, often playing the kind of roles they had in real life.
A former soldier himself, Mr Barry now has more than 650 people on the books including former police, firefighters and paramedics.
It is a remarkable turnaround for Mr Barry, who just a few years ago found it too painful to even look at his army uniform.
In 2011 he was medically discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression.